Improvement in parasols



@tutti @titille LUORETIA BATTIJES, 0F GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters .Potent No.v103,412, dated May 24, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN PARASOLS.

The Schedule referred to 4in these Letterspatent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that LLUcnnTIA BATTLEs, of Gloucester, in the county of Essex'and State of Massa` form part of this specification, is a description of my invention sulicient to enable those skilled in the art to practice it.

My invention relates to the constructionv of parasol's and umbrellas, with particular reference to such arrangement of the'partsas shall enable the covering to be readilyrcmovcd and reapplied, or used intel'- changable .with other coverings; -a-nd l l The invention consists, primarily, in a parasolA vor umbrella-frame, having the ribs, spreaders, and runners so constructed and arranged that the ribs may. be thrown up above their joints, into, or nearly'into vertical position for reception of a cover, provided `with a central eye, through which the top ot the spindle is thrust, a series of tubular tipsor pockets, into which the respect-ive ends of the rips are thrust', and a' series of loops or pocketsA placed midway between the tips andthe ccnterof the covering, through which loops or pockets the ribs vare thrust, when the ribs are reversed.

These loops would :prevent the slippingoii or rei moral of the cover in a parasol whose ribs could not,

be reversed, and yet are useful to hold the cover propcrly to place, when in use.

The drawing represents a section of a parasol ein- Ahodying my improvements.

a, denotes the handle or spindle, having xed upon it the ring b, to which the ribs c are. jointed. v

cl is the runner Ato the flange e, of which one end of each spreader' f is jointed, the opposite end of each spreader being Iiointed to one of' thc' ribs in the `usual manner. 4

be pressed inward, seas to let the runner glide.

past it.

i denotes the cover of the parasol, formed with a central eye, k, from which the seams radiate, and with a series of tubular tips or pockets, l, one at the outer end of each seam.

The cover is also preferablyprovided with a loop or pocket, m, between the eye k and each tip.

The cover is made complete in every respect, prior to its application to'the frame, and is placed upon and fastened to the frame as follows:

The runner is slid up past the lower spring stop, and the upper spring stop is then pressed in, to allowv the runner to slip over it, which movement of the runner carries the outer ends the ribs into the position shown by thc red lines at A.

The cover is then drawn down over the ribs, and cach rib is run through one of the loops m., the loop being drawn down to the joint of the spreader.

Then the'runner is slid down, (the upper end ofthe spindle or handle being inserted .through the eye of the cover,) and, when the ribs have 'passed beyond a horizontal plane, the cover is drawn outward at each seam, or in line with the rib, and stretched until the tubular tip can be slipped upon the point of the rib, and each tip being thus slipped over the point of the rib, the parasol is ready for use.

Instead of employing the loopsV on, however, the

cover may be made either with or without them, and the spindle with or without the 'upper spring catch, and the cover may be slipped upon therihs, when the ribs are down toward the handle, each tip being then drawn over and slipped upon .the point ot' its rib, without thrusting the ribs through pockets m. Y W'hen the cover is to be4 removed, cach tip is drawn outward until it can be slipped from the rib point, and (if the ribs are run `through the pockets l111,) the runner is then slid up past both catches, unt-il the ribs are reversed.

The cover can then be drawn cti. Short rcords may be attached to the cover, in place of the pockets m, and the cover be tied t-o the ribs, but I prefer the pockets.

It will be obvious that this construction not only enables a cover to be readily removed, when wom,

"and replaced by a new one, but that covers ot' va- Acounter-thread upon the spindle.'

I claim An umbrella-frame, so constructed that the position of its ribs may be reversed for relnovalor application of a cover, substantially as described.

.Also, in combim tion with a removable umbrellacover, provided with hollow tips or pockets l, and

a central eye, 7.2, the fastenings, loops, or pockets w, by means of which thecovcr is secured to the ribs,

between` the eye k and the tips. substantially as described.

Also, in combination with the spindle, the fastening-ferrule n, constructed and applied so that it' may be readily slipped from or confined upon the spindle, without removal of any other fastening device.

Witnesses:

H. E. D'ENnnT, Ensim on Linn. 

